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Apples — Good. 



Other Fruits — Good. 



Cattle — Are in good condition. 



Horses — Are doing well. 



Swine — Have done well. 



Sheep — Did well. 



Poultry — Has done well. 



Bees — Did poorly on account of dry season. 



Lands — Are advancing in price. 



Report of Fair — Held at West Point, August 28-30. Attendance good. 



LEE. 



CHRIS. HAFFXER, DONXELLSON. OCTOBER 3, 190G. 



General Condition of Crops and Season — Good. 



Corn — Of good quality, and will average fifty bushels per acre. 



Oats — Good quality, but yield light, owing to- dry season. 



Wheat — Yielded twenty-five bushels per acre, and of the best quality 

 ever raised. 



Rye — Of good quality and yielded on an average of twenty bushels 

 per acre. 



Barley, Flax, Buckwheat and Millet — None raised. 



Sorghum — Good. 



Timothy — Of good quality, but yielded only about a half crop, owing 

 to dry season. 



Clover — Light yield. 



Prairie Hay — None raised. 



Potatoes — Quality good, but light yield. 



Vegetables — Good. 



Apples — Good crop. 



Other Fruits — Yielded well. An especially large yield of peaches. 



Cattle — Short-Horn and Polled Angus are the principal breeds raised. 



Horses — Demand for heavy drafters is good. Prices range from one 

 hundred and fifty to four hundred dollars. 



Swine — No disease reported. Poland-China breed predominates, al- 

 though there are a number of Chester White and Duroc Jersey raised. 



Sheep — Are raised quite extensively; middle wool breeds predominate. 



Poultry — Has been very profitable, and there is a noticeable im- 

 provement in the quality being raised. 



Bees — Very few kept. 



Drainage — Natural conditions are very good. 



Lands — Range in price from sixty to one hundred dollars per acre. 

 Quite a number of farms changing hands. 



Report of Fair — Held at Donnellson, September 5-7. The weather 

 was the most favorable we have had for several years, and as a result 

 the attendance was very good. Exhibits in all departments were good 

 except in the cattle department, which was a little below the average. 



